State Attorney of the Transvaal explained

The State Attorney of the Transvaal was the principal legal officer of the Transvaal,^[1] or, as it was also known, the South African Republic.

List of officeholders

	Portrait	Name	Tenure	Notes
1		Eduard Johan Pieter Jorissen	1876–1877
2		Willem Johannes Leyds	1884–1888
3		? Burgers	1888?–1894
4		Ewald Auguste Esselen	1894–1895
5		Hermanus Jacobus Coster	1895–1898	Later killed in the Battle of Elandslaagte of the Second Boer War.
6		Jan Christiaan Smuts	1898–1902

See also

• State President of the South African Republic
• State Secretary of the South African Republic

Notes and References

1. Book: De Villiers, John. The Transvaal. 1896. Chatto & Windus. London.